Jerome Seagears is one of two former Rutgers players who filed a lawsuit accusing Rutgers men's basketball coaches of misconduct.

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Two former Rutgers men's basketball players - including one who is still enrolled at the school - filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Middlesex County Superior Court in New Brunswick seeking damages relating to the conduct of former coach Mike Rice.

In a new twist on this ongoing legal battle, the lawsuit names current head coach Eddie Jordan as a defendant.

The complaint filed by Jerome Seagears and Robert Lumpkins named Jordan along with Rutgers University, former president Richard McCormick, current president Robert Barchi, former athletics director Tim Pernetti and Rice. ...